The XStraw, a new product from the company Dose Sipping Technology (DS Technology), makes taking medicine much more pleasant for children and the elderly. Many children pull a disgusted face when they have to take bitter-tasting medicine and elderly people who have trouble swallowing can find taking oral medicine a challenge. The XStraw drinking straw makes medicine taste much better.

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